dimanche 24 octobre 2010

DD : Different Designs

About a year ago, I posted a seriesofdrawings musing with Daredevil's costume.Since, I 've come across some cool stuff by other DD fans.Myself, I had a few ideas left but no time to materialize them. But in the last few days, I managed to take some time to draw. As I wanted to work as fast as I could, the colors were done directly on paper with markers and the text only was computer-added.Il y a plus d'un an, j'avais dessiné quelquesvariantesamusantes de costumes de DD.Depuis, j'ai pu voir d'autres illustrations faites par des fans.De mon côté, j'avais encore quelques idées mais pas de temps pour les mettre sur papier, jusqu'à la semaine dernière... Souhaitant faire au plus vite, j'ai colorisé au feutre et rajouté le lettrage par ordi.

So, by chronological order of making (and reverse order of timeline), I'm bringing you :Et voilà, par ordre de création (et ordre chronologique inversé) :

The futuristic Daredevil : where (and when) no man without fear has gone before.I know there's already been one or two 2099 versions but hey, the future is still to be written, after all.Star Trek gave me the inspiration for the black and red design and the mask kinda evokes in me the Batman Beyond character. I gave him an energy stick (though it looks like a short lightsaber, it's less lethal) as a futuristic upgrade of his billy club.His story ? In a very distant century, one of Matt Murdock's cell is cloned by a bunch of scientists hoping to revive the great heroes of the past. But the process is altered by a sabotage of "you name it" fundamentalists and the clone is blind. Shortly after, the group of scientist is slaughtered and Daredevil is revived. Up to him to avenge his "fathers" !

The College Boy Daredevil : a look without fear.Matt Murdock is from working class extraction. But what if Jack Murdock had managed his career better ? His son might have been a happy-go-lucky college boy trained by Master Izo himself instead of Stick. After all, Elektra herself was a wealthy girl, trained to join the cast.About the "costume" : the american college jacket is a classic and it just begged to be decorated with a double D. On the shoes : I thought sneakers would be appropriate for ninja training.

The Feodal Japan Daredevil : a Red Ronin.Before Shadowland, DD had just taken control of the Hand and his minions had "DD-like" ninja-costumes. But for DD himself, we had to wait for the main event to begin to get... a mildly interesting costume (for me, the blades on the wrists are neither functional or good looking). So I had to try my take on a Japanized DD.I modified the ninja costume of Batman Begins and added a Kabuto (to strike fear in the heart of his opponents) and a Kusarigama (with a chain evoking the billy-club lasso, only deadlier).The possible story : in feodal Japan, a Ninja quits the Hand to follow his own path. Alone and tracked by his former associates, he becomes a warrior without Master and a man without fear.